Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Company, has long hinted he’d like to see Toyota’s “three brothers” return to showrooms. The phrase refers to Toyota’s original trio of sports cars: the MR2, Celica, and Supra. Now it appears the small mid-engine MR2 sports car might make a comeback with an electric powertrain. In a Thursday …
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Bentley names new CEO and president for US operations
Bentley has a new CEO and president for its American operations in Christophe Georges. His appointment to the top position in the United States comes as Bentley’s Volkswagen Group parent shuffled its executive deck in North America just weeks ago. Georges will succeed Mark Del Rosso, who was appointed president of Audi of America. Del …
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China opens world’s longest sea-crossing bridge
The world’s longest sea-crossing bridge is now open to traffic. Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the marvel of infrastructure, officially called the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge, on Tuesday during a ceremony in the southern city of Zhuhai. CNN reported the bridge cost $20 billion to construct and better connects mainland China with the Hong…